notes

This PDF booklet includes patterns for the Renee Pullover, the Brandt Cardigan, and the Quotidiana Hat, all incorporating stranded motifs inspired by wrought iron designs from the Exposition des Arts Decoratifs in Paris in 1925 (the exhibition which gave rise to the term “Art Deco”).

Because decorative ironwork by nature exploits the contrast between positive and negative space, I have chosen to use only two colors in each of these garments, rather than the multiple colors so often used in stranded designs.

An Italian word, “ferrovia” is a combination of “ferro” (iron) and “via” (way or route). Although “ferrovia” is used to mean “railroad” in Italian, for my purposes I interpret the word in a more literal way.